Pfatter

Pfatter is a German municipality in the district of Regensburg Upper Palatinate.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 churches
  • 5.1 traffic

Geography

Geographical Location

Pfatter is located east of Regensburg at the mouth of the creek Pfatter into the Danube.

Neighboring communities

Community structure

The municipality Pfatter has 12 officially designated districts (in brackets number of inhabitants):

  • Fallmeisterei
  • Geisling ( 876 )
  • Gmünd ( 156)
  • Griesau (214 )
  • Herfurth
  • Irling
  • Johannishof
  • Leiterkofen (60)
  • Maiszant
  • Moosmühle
  • Pfatter (1769 )
  • Sepp Hausen

History

  • During the Roman past of the place see the main article fortlet Pfatter

On July 15, 773 Pfatter was first mentioned. Pfatter for centuries the ducal court seat. The Regensburg Cathedral Chapter and several Regensburg monasteries were wealthy until the secularization in Pfatter. On the night of 12 to December 13, 1491 Pfatter and its surroundings on the orders of Duke Albrecht was looted and burned by the brothers Jerome and Bernard of Stauf in the wake of the noble uprising against the Duke Albrecht. In 1796 the place is called a " chur princely Marktfleken in Lower Bavaria". 1818 was the present political community.

Incorporations

On 1 May 1978, the formerly independent communities Geisling, Gmünd and Griesau were integrated into the community Pfatter.

Policy

Mayor: Joseph Heuschneider (FW)

Parish council

The council has 16 members.

  • CSU 6 seats
  • FWG 4 seats
  • CSW 3 seats
  • BL 2 seats
  • SPD 1 seat

(As at municipal election held on March 5, 2012 )

Coat of arms

Blazon: On a silver shield head, in a blue wave bar in black with silver three silver beet leaves.

The blue wave bar is a canting symbol for the place name, derived from the small river which flows Pfatter very close to the Danube. The silver beet are symbolic of the intensive cultivation of well-known Pfatterer beets in the fertile alluvial plain. The coat of arms is conducted since 1974.

Culture and sights

Churches

  • Parish Church of the Nativity of Mary of Our Lady in Geisling is art-historically interesting and was rebuilt several times.
  • The Catholic parish church of the Assumption in Pfatter goes back to the 15th century.
  • The side church of St. Nikola in Pfatter was built on the advice and Umschlageplatz the Danube boatmen and 1468 first mentioned.
  • St. George's Church to Gmünd
  • Built village church to Griesau in the 18th century by villagers
  • List of monuments in Pfatter

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

  • State Road 8,
  • Danube barrage at Geisling
  • Sonderlandeplatz Griesau ( EDPG )

Education

  • Primary school Pfatter
  • Kindergarten Stork
  • Gemeindebücherei
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